Football in may

Last night's date took us to Memorial Coliseum for a Fort Wayne Fusion AF2 football game. AF2 is Arena Football's minor league, and the Fusion are a new team this year in the Midwest Division of the American Conference. We used to have an United Indoor Football franchise, known as the 'Freedom', but this league is apparently a step up.

Anyway, it was a fun time. They have a 50-yard field, 8 guys on a side, it's enclosed like a hockey rink - with player's tackled into (and sometimes over) the boards, and if a football goes into the stands... you get to keep it!

Our original seats were in the nosebleed section, right behind a series of railings, and in the middle of a group of karate kids. We eventually moved to one of the end zones in the 200 section, and they were quite nice seats. That's the good thing about a 50-yard field: end zone seats still offer a good view.

I think this league would be more popular if they could somehow figure out a way to have more fan interaction. I mean, I know they're trying - it's nice that they let you keep the footballs, and it's nice that they have the cheerleaders throw stuff into the stands - but if you're not in one of the first few rows, you're not getting anything! I also wish they had a few less dance teams run on the field (nothing against dance teams, Carrie was in plenty, but they must have had about 20 different groups), and maybe invest in some big tv monitors for the Coliseum. Crowd shots are always a hit. I think it would do wonders for fanticipation. We did enjoy the frisbee dogs though.

All in all, a good night. Now I wish I wasn't getting ready for a church work day, and that Jane wasn't getting ready to drive back to Illinois (or that I was going with her). Ah... if life was only like arena football...